* NEWMONT PROVIDES UPDATE ON AHAFO MILL EXPANSION PROJECT ACCIDENT IN GHANA
April 9 (Reuters) - Operations restarted at Newmont Mining Corp's two gold mines in Ghana on Monday, a company spokesman said, after they were shut down on Saturday following an accident in which six construction workers were killed.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Militiamen killed five park rangers and their driver on Monday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, the national parks director said.
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's former military chief said on Monday he had formed an organisation to challenge President Salva Kiir, accusing him of looting the country's resources and turning it into a failed state.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius to appeal his sentence for murdering his girlfriend, legal documents showed on Monday.
ABIDJAN, April 9 (Reuters) - Above-average rainfall in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week produced a wave of flowers and cherelles on trees that point to a healthy mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.
BANGUI (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a United Nations base in Central African Republic's capital late on Sunday, capping a day that saw at least one civilian killed and dozens of people injured, a U.N. spokesman said.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term in February 2019 elections, the governor of Kaduna state said on his official Twitter account on Monday.
----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events ---------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, APRIL 9 ** RICHEBOURG, France - French President Emmanuel Macron and Portuguese President Rebelo de Sousa attend WW1 commemorations at the Richebourg cemetery in Northern France, in remembrance of Portuguese troops who fought at the Battle of the Lys in spring 1918.
KAKUMA, Kenya (Reuters) - Knives. Wire. Battery acid. Rat poison. Rope.
ACCRA (Reuters) - Six construction workers have been killed in an accident at Newmont's Ahafo gold mine in Ghana, forcing the surface mine to suspend its operations, a local Newmont manager said on Sunday.
BANGUI (Reuters) - At least one civilian was killed and dozens of United Nations peacekeepers, civilians and militia fighters were injured during an operation against armed groups in Central African Republic's capital on Sunday, a U.N. spokesman said.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The speaker of Somalia's parliament, Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, has resigned ahead of a confidence motion against him, a lawmaker said, ending weeks of political tension.
NAIROBI, April 9 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - EVENTS: *Uganda central bank to announce its latest lending rate decision. *Tanzania to release consumer inflation data for March. GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares crept higher on Monday as a bounce in U.S. stock futures soothed sentiment even as U.S. President Donald Trump
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